| 词条 | Grainger Games |
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| name = Grainger Games Limited | logo = Grainger Games.svg | type = Private | industry = Retail | fate = Dissolved | founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1996}} | founder = Stephen Bowyer | defunct = {{End date|df=yes|2018|03|28}} | hq_location_city = Newcastle upon Tyne | hq_location_country = England | num_locations = 67 stores | num_locations_year = 2018 | areas_served = {{Unbulleted list|Northern England|Scotland}} | key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Stephen Bowyer (CEO)|Keir Wells (COO)|Jonathan Fellows (chairman)}} | num_employees = 400 | num_employees_year = 2018 }} Grainger Games Limited was a British video game retail chain based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Founded by Stephen Bowyer in 1996, it operated shops across Northern England and Scotland. In March 2018, due to financial issues, the company ceased trading and closed all of its 67 shops, leading to the redundancy of 400 employees. HistoryGrainger Games began as a market stall run by Stephen Bowyer in 1996, located in the Grainger Market, Newcastle upon Tyne.[1][2] The company planned to have a chain of between 75 and 100 shops by 2013, of which about 40 were expected to be in Yorkshire. Stores were opened in Grimsby, Hull, Chesterfield, Doncaster, Leeds, Derby, York and Sheffield, with the most recent being a concession in Fenwick, Newcastle.[3][1][5] By June 2014, the company had 419 employees.[6] Grainger Games was named Independent Retailer of the Year by MCV in 2008 and 2010, respectively.[2] Grainger Games were the main sponsor for the Games Media Awards in 2011, however, its attendees were criticised for their behaviour during the event, which included heckling the compere and award winners' acceptance speeches. The company hired dwarves and booth models to present the awards, as well as littering the dinner tables with orange condoms.[8][9] On 21 March 2018, amid the closures of other retail chains, such as Toys "R" Us and Maplin, multiple investors pulled their credit offerings for Grainger Games, leaving the company in a financially critical situation.[10] As a result of this, on 28 March, 21 of Grainger Games' 67 stores were told not to open as their store would not be included in any future bid for the company. The same message was delivered to the remaining 46 stores the following day. Additionally, the corporate website was taken down, displaying an HTTP 404 error page instead. All of Grainger Games' roughly 400 employees were made redundant, receiving payments for all working hours through 31 March. The company ceased trading effective on 28 March 2018. References1. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-03-21-trouble-brewing-for-independent-uk-shop-chain-grainger-games |title=Trouble brewing for independent UK shop chain Grainger Games |first=Robert |last=Purchese |date=21 March 2018 |website=Eurogamer |accessdate=29 March 2018}} [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]2. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-10-27-games-media-awards-soured-by-sponsors |title=Games Media Awards soured by sponsors Grainger Games |first=Rachel |last=Weber |date=27 October 2011 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |accessdate=28 March 2018}} 3. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=https://www.mcvuk.com/business/indies-arent-dead-yet-says-grainger-games |title=Indies arent dead yet, says Grainger Games |first=Ben |last=Parfitt |date=25 March 2008 |website=MCV |accessdate=29 October 2009}} 4. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.mcvuk.com/business/gmas-grainger-games-a-statement-by-stuart-dinsey-md-intent-media |title=GMAs & Grainger Games: A statement, by Stuart Dinsey, MD, Intent Media |author=MCV Editors |date=27 October 2011 |website=MCV |accessdate=27 October 2011}} 5. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.mcvuk.com/business/grainger-games-goes-nationwide |title=Grainger Games goes nationwide |first=Ben |last=Parfitt |date=9 July 2009 |website=MCV |accessdate=29 October 2009}} 6. ^1 {{cite web |url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news/newcastle-based-grainger-games-boosted-grand-7295629 |title=Newcastle-based Grainger Games boosted by Grand Theft Auto sales |first=Coreena |last=Ford |date=19 June 2014 |website=The Journal |accessdate=28 March 2018}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news/games-firm-going-for-growth-4497470 |title=Games firm going for growth |first=Peter |last=McCusker |date=10 September 2008 |website=The Journal |accessdate=29 October 2009}} 8. ^1 {{cite web |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/retail-veteran-aiming-for-high-score-with-new-gaming-venture-1-2568970 |title=Retail veteran aiming for high score with new gaming venture |first=Bernard |last=Ginns |date=28 March 2010 |website=Yorkshire Post |accessdate=19 April 2010}} }} 5 : Video game retailers in the United Kingdom|Retail companies established in 1996|Retail companies disestablished in 2018|Defunct retail companies of the United Kingdom|Companies that have entered administration in the United Kingdom |
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